REAPER SCANS
The Five-Time Regressor Walks the King’s Path
[Translator – Grass]
[Proofreader – Valirius]
Chapter 58
With my hand on my chin, I stared at the status window.
'Come to think of it, before…'
Lost in thought, I was soon reminded of someone.
That person was Emperor. I had heard that he also had an authority with the word Sin in it.
‘Sin was definitely…’
The Catholic Seven Deadly Sins: pride, greed, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and negligence.
Of those, what I had gained was negligence.
But the talent that god gave me was…
'Is it a skill or the same kind of authority?'
It was a piece of writing that was described vaguely but if it was the kind of thing that could prevent a single attack from any skill or authority.
‘A defense system, and the highest one at that.’
My guess was that since it said "any talent", even if an opponent used an S-class skill it could stop it at least once.
Who knew this kind of power existed in Crown Road?
Seeing this, all the authorities I had received so far seemed ridiculous.
"Do all the authorities related to sin show this kind of performance?"
Well, considering that Emperor also had an authority related to this, it was considered to be different from ordinary abilities.
But the last words bothered me for some reason.
It was because it felt like a kind of penalty to say that sin resided in my body.
'First, I’d better refrain from using it. I don't know what it is but if there's a penalty, it's better to use it only in an emergency.'
Besides, my body was strong.
Although I was hit by an unexpected blow that time with Ha Il-Sung, that was an exception. There would be no reason to get hurt otherwise.
So I thought it would be better to keep it as a hidden card for dealing with a guy like Ha Il-Sung.
Since I got something better than I thought, I was a bit satisfied that what I did on Floor 29 was not a waste. I touched the time-saving function.
At that moment, night passed and the sun appeared.
Time flew by in an instant and it became morning. When I got up from my chair, Yeon-Ji had just woken up and was looking around, rubbing her eyes.
Our eyes met, and after a dazed moment, she slowly crawled out of bed.
Her eyebrows soon frowned.
"Why are you here?"
"How rude. I came here to teach you in the morning because you’re such a mess."
"I don't want anything like that from you"
"Really?"
I raised my hand at Yeon-Ji's words.
A fire appeared in my hand, followed by an electric current beginning to flow.
Soon, aura began to condense gradually and Yeon-Ji, who witnessed this sudden sight, exclaimed in astonishment.
“…Aura."
I already had a rough idea of the information on this Floor from my helper.
The swordsmanship competition where Yeon-Ji participated was held in the village and it was only a swordsmanship competition held for children of her age.
As such, of course, not a single person used aura and only a few adults seemed to be able to handle aura in the village.
For that reason, Yeon-Ji rarely saw aura, so she seemed to be interested in it as much as she was enthusiastic about swordsmanship.
‘From what I heard, it didn't seem like it was an area that the helpers could teach."
As a result, Yeon-Ji was in a state of longing for learning aura. Of course, desire alone did not mean you could handle it.
'But fortunately, Yeon-Ji knows how to use magic.'
Traditionally, magic is just adding imagination and aura together.
Being able to use magic is the same as having the basic skills of aura already.
I had quite a bit of experience teaching aura, so if she learned from me, it would only take a day to learn.
"I-I don’t need it!"
Yeon-Ji yelled with her eyes closed tightly as she realized what I was trying to teach her.
However, it was a great opportunity to learn how to use aura for Yeon-Ji, who was interested in swordsmanship enough to compete in swordsmanship competitions.
Therefore, Yeon-Ji shouted ‘no’ with her mouth but her small eyes were locked onto me.
"Can someone who can't use aura be called a swordsman?"
Yeon-Ji's shoulders flinched when she heard me.
"It's very easy to learn. If you're a swordsman, you need to know how to handle it to be considered a true swordsman…”
Yeon-Ji's body trembled as I shook my head, clicking my tongue.
Looking at such a Yeon-Ji, I asked again.
"Do you want to learn?"
"I-I-I don’t not want to."
Yeon-Ji answered ambiguously, averting her eyes as if she couldn’t say no while looking at it.
As I pretended not to understand the answer, Yeon-Ji immediately looked at me and shouted loudly.
"I said I don’t not want to! Teach me then!"
"Oh, I don't know who you take after but you're a bad-tempered kid."
"I’m not a kid! Teach me how to use aura already!"
I should throw her outside.
Anyway, she accepted it so I first took Yeon-Ji to the garden of the mansion to teach her how to use aura.
Yeon-Ji followed me around, seeming to want to learn quickly and when we arrived at the garden, I first made her take on the lotus position.
"Kid, have you ever used magic?"
"I'm not a kid."
"Whatever. Have you used it or not?"
"I have."
Sitting behind the grumbling Yeon-Ji's back, I spread aura on my hand.
"Okay then, like releasing magic, I will infuse you with aura now so imagine this feeling going around you."
Yeon-ji nodded with a serious look when it was time to learn even though she was grumbling.
Even an immature nine-year-old kid would listen if it was in their field of interest.
About an hour passed.
Originally, it should be impossible to realize it quickly even if it was done in this way, but a shallow aura began to slowly rise around her body, perhaps because she had been training in her own way.
Soon afterward, the aura stretched out all over her body and thunder could be heard from around her body.
It was only natural since she inherited my genes, but it was the same attribute as mine.
Yeon-ji, feeling this aura, looked down at her hands and twinkled her eyes.
Then she turned around and looked back at me as if to say something, but soon frowned and turned back again.
"Something like this, I could’ve done it myself…”
"Oh, okay."
After answering roughly, I removed my hand from Yeon-Ji and got up from my seat.
After taking out the Heavenly Star Sword, I told Yeon-Ji, who was wondering about my sudden behavior.
"Since you learned it, don't you want to test it?"
And Yeon-Ji understood the meaning, stood up with me, and raised her sword.
"You'll regret it!"
"Doubt it."
As soon as she uttered a few words, Yeon-Ji used aura lightly and kicked the floor.
Likely because using aura was still new.
Yeon-ji, who jumped from a sloppy position as she had not properly controlled the power of aura, was embarrassed by this and swung her sword at me with widened eyes.
"It's possible to adjust the details of aura. It's inefficient to just wear it all over the body. Next time, kick the earth as if you're putting it only on your toes."
When I hit Yeon-Ji's sword, she landed on the ground and swung the sword back at me without even thinking of answering.
It didn’t matter to me if she didn't answer.
If she just listened to me carefully, that was enough.
If I taught her like this little by little, Yeon-Ji would naturally think of my words and continue to grow in her own way.
"Remember. Lightly and deeply. The more precise aura is, the more powerful it is. Aura is like water. A slight touch can have an impact and it can be changed into countless forms. That's why aura can become magic."
Blocking off Yeon-Ji’s sword that was coming at me from the bottom, I wrapped aura around my sword.
A flash of lightning struck. I put the energy into the sword and hit Yeon-Ji.
Yeon-ji, who hurriedly focused aura at the ends of her toes, twisted her posture and left where I aimed.
However, Yeon-Ji failed to land properly as she had injected too much. S seemed to have learned something in her own way, though.
Yeah, that's it.
Learn it that way.
I didn't say it out loud but I faced her again, drawing a smile while looking at Yeon-Ji.
Afterward, the result ended with Yeon-Ji, who was exhausted after pouring out all her aura, losing.
Still, I thought she endured well so I took the exhausted Yeon-Ji inside and let her rest. I went back to my room and when I turned forward enough time for her to recover, it was night.
As I sat in a chair for a while and waited, the urgent sound of footsteps rang out in the distance.
When I glanced toward the door, Yeon-Ji opened the door and came in.
She looked at me, holding her breath.
"What?"
When I asked her bluntly, Yeon-ji looked at me as if she had made up her mind and yelled.
"F-Fight with me tomorrow too. I'll win tomorrow!"
Had her competitiveness and desire for growth finally caught fire?
That was the answer I wanted the most.
But it wasn’t enough.
"Why should I spar with a weakling like you?"
"I, I, I…"
When I lightly disparaged her, Yeon-Ji bit her lips hard while shaking.
"If you continue to spar with me, there is no guarantee that you will improve your skills. From now on, I'll decide which monsters you'll catch every day, so I'll spar with you if you fill your quota. And this, make sure to drink it before hunting."
Having said so, I threw Soruene's Elixir to Yeon-Ji.
Yeon-Ji looked at the elixir for a moment and curiously asked.
"What is it?"
"It's a medicine that helps you grow a little faster."
"I don't like medicine. It’s bitter."
"Then you'll lose to me forever."
Yeon-ji frowned and shoved the elixir into her pocket, flinching at the thought of losing.
"I won't lose from now on!"
As expected, just her pride was strong.
Yeon-Ji shouted at me and slammed the door before running down the hallway.
"Helper."
As I was looking at Yeon-Ji like that, I called a helper and a woman opened the door, coming in.
I handed her a wad of money.
"With this, buy all the elixirs that help with growth. It doesn't matter if it's expensive or not. I have more money. Don’t tell Yeon-Ji you bought it because of me but say that it was to help her beat me."
"Is it because you think she won’t take it if it’s from you?"
"Yeah, you who have raised Yeon-Ji until now are much more familiar with Yeon-Ji than I am. Even if you’re a helper, you'll help me with this, right?"
"I understand."
With her head bowed, the helper took the money and stepped outside.
After seeing that, I touched the time-saving function again and turned it to the next day.
Like that, five months passed quickly.
Yeon-ji continued to grow as I made her hunt monsters and even sparred with her.
Along with that, Yeon-Ji recklessly ingested Soruene's Elixir and various spirit medicines obtained by the helpers every day. She grew remarkably fast and before long even her aura reached the level of a Sword Expert.
‘It’s fast. Is it the effect of the elixir?’
Of course, as I said earlier, it was also thanks to my selection of monsters that she could barely catch every day.
In fact, Yeon-Ji returned home after hunting monsters until she was almost dead.
In that state, she would get beat up from sparring, drink a lot of recovery medicine, and pass out.
After repeating this for five months, she had no choice but to grow.
On the first day, she had thrown all her self-esteem away and cried, "I don't want to." There was a time when she said, 'I don't want to do it anymore.'
Funnily, however, the next day, Yeon-Ji would half-heartedly come to me.
As if her crying yesterday had never happened, she would ask me to designate her monsters and leave to hunt.
Yeon-Ji, whose self-esteem, competitiveness, and desire for growth were united, would stand up again after a day because she didn't want to lose.
I believed that people who can stand up again even if they fall down every day can grow more than those who never collapse and then collapse only once.
Therefore, Yeon-Ji's resilience was certainly commendable.
I didn’t know who she took after but it was because it was excellent how she was able to restore her pride immediately even if it was broken.
‘Of course, I never said that out loud.’
Because even if she were complimented for something like that she wouldn’t be happy.
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